According to Khyang Chronicles, the Khyangs with their King entered Chittagong Hill Tracts when their kingdom in Burma was overrun by the Burmese. But afterwards the King decided to go back to Burma. But his younger queen being pregnant could not accompany him. Hence she was left behind with some followers and kinsmen. The present Khyangs are the descendants of this queen and her retinue. The Khyangs are Buddhists but some of them converted to Christianity during the British period. Most Khyangs today are under the Mong family or the "Royal Family" which is from Chandraghona from the Rangamati Hill District in Bangladesh.